Medical Surgery
Resume:
Name
Vivienne Jeanette Halpern, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Contact Information
Mailing Address: 6101 N 31 street
Phoenix, AZ 85016
Work Address: Phoenix VA Health Care System
Surgical Services / Mail Stop 112
650 E Indian School Rd
Phoenix, AZ 85012-1892
Chronology of Education
Education: High School – The Chapin School
New York City, Sept. 1974 – June 1979
University of Pennsylvania, B.A.
Biology/Genetics, Sept. 1979 – May 1983
New York University School of Medicine, M.D.
June 1987
New York University/V.A. Medical Center
Internship in Internal Medicine
July 1987 – June 1988
St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center
New York City – Residency in General Surgery
June 1988 – June 1994
Long Island Jewish Medical Center
New Hyde Park, NY – Vascular Surgery
Fellowship
June 1994 – June 1995
Board Certification: General Surgery, Oct. 28, 1996 Certificate Number: 41593, Recertified Dec 2007
Awaiting recertification this year with continuous MOC
Vascular Surgery, May 11, 1998
Certificate Number: 100823, Recertified Oct
2007
Recertified Dec 2018
Wound Care, APCWA, March 8th, 2009
Taking recertification exam September 21, 2019
License: New York State #177397-1, Feb. 1989 to
present
Arizona State license #56372 Oct 2019 to present
Chronology of Employment
Previous Academic Appointment:
Visiting Clinical Fellow-helped organize rotation and taught medicals students from Columbia University College of P&S as senior and chief resident at St Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, 1993-1995
Attending Surgeon, North Shore LIJ Health System, 1995- 2008 Medical Director, Comprehensive Wound Care Center, Long Island Jewish Medical Center and North Shore University Hospital, 2006 - 2008
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1999-2008
Acting Chief Surgery, Carl T Hayden Phoenix VA Medical Center June 2015- Dec 2015
Current Academic Appointment:
Clinical Professor of Surgery, University of Arizona Medical College, Phoenix Campus March 2020- Present
Current Position:
Chief, Vascular Surgery Carl T Hayden Phoenix VA Medical Center, Dec 2008-Present
Honors and Awards
Awards:
Dean’s List – 1982 – 1983
Graduated Cum Laude, May 1983 University of Pennsylvania First place recipient of award funded by the William J. von Liebig Foundation. Also presented in the Lifeline Foundation Research Forum at the Society of Vascular Surgery, 55th annual meeting, Baltimore, June 2001
1st Quarter, 2018 Gerald Schmitz Practitioner Excellence Award Winner 7/31/2018
Organization:
Fellow, American College of Surgeons
American Medical Association
Society of Vascular Surgery
Fellow, American Professional Wound Care Association Association of Veterans Affairs Surgeons
American Vein and Lymphatic Society
Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine
Association for the Advancement of Wound Care
Service/Outreach
Academic Activities:
Site Director, Surgical rotation for AECOM medical students 1997-2006: organized medical student rotation
and teaching of medical students
Mentoring Program for the American Medical Woman’s Association, NY chapter 2006- 2008
Mentoring/supervising of surgical residents. 1995- present:
-North Shore- LIJ surgical residency program (now Northwell health system) June 1995- Dec 2008
- Banner University Surgical residency program Dec 2008- present
Mentoring/Supervising of PA students from Northern Arizona University 2015- present
Supervision/mentoring of Podiatry students and residents during rotation on vascular service June 2010-present
Mentoring of residents from a variety of programs during Annual Vascular meetings 2015-present
Supervision/mentoring of University of Arizona Medical Students Capstone program 2015-present
Medical Director of an elective rotation for the University of Arizona College of Medicine- Phoenix 2012-2013
Participation in Anatomy instruction of medial students at University of Arizona College of Medicine in 2016-2017 and in 2019/20 Academic year
Participation in Surgery OSCE in 2018
Participation in Mock Oral exams for surgical residents 2017- 2019
Society Committees:
SVS Quality and Performance Measures Committee, June 2009 to present
Chair of committee starting Sept 2013-June 2015 and now consultative position on this committee
SVS Public and Professional Outreach Committee, June 2010 to June 2014
AVA Development Committee June 2010 – June 2012
SVS Women’s Issues Committee, June 2007 to June 2010 Association of Women Surgeons fund raising committee 2002 to 2006
American Medical Women’s Association mentor program 2003 to 2008
SVS representative to the National Quality Forum Surgical Endorsement Maintenance Steering Committee March 2011 to July 2012
SVS Health Care Policy Committee starting Sept 2013- 2016 SVS VA committee 2015-present – this committee started by SVS due to activity of three of my colleagues and myself (Dr Pounds, Dr Jean-Claude, Dr Dardic)
Hospital Committees:
LIJMC Infection control committee 1999- 2008
NS-LIJ Medical Center IRB committee 1999- June 2007 LIJMC Surgical Quality Assurance/Performance Improvement Committee 1999-2008
LIJMC Hospital Wide Utilization and Standardization Steering Committee, March 2008-Dec 2008
Infection Control Committee – Carl T Hayden Phoenix VA medical center, Feb 2009 to July 2010
CME committee – Carl T Hayden VA medical Center February 2009 to present
Transfusion Committee- Carl T Hayden VA medical Center July 2009 to July 2010
IRB committee –Carl T Hayden VA Medical Center Dec 2009 to 2012
Wound Care Task Force- Carl T Hayden VA Medical Center March 2010 to Present
Clinical Executive Board, Member at large- Carl T Hayden VA Medical Center. April 2010 to April 2011
PACT (Prevention Amputation Care and Treatment) committee- Carl T Hayden Phoenix VA Medical Center, July 2009- present OR upgrade project June 2011 – Carl T Hayden Phoenix VA Medical Center June 2013
Antibiotic stewardship committee Carl T Hayden Phoenix VA Medical Center Jan 2014- 2017
Ethics committee Carl T Hayden Phoenix VA Medical Center Jan 2013- 2017
Smoking Cessation Task Force Carl T Hayden Phoenix VA Medical Center 2012- 2018
Flow Committee Carl T Hayden Phoenix VA Medical Center 2018- present
Surgical PUMA Carl T Hayden Phoenix VA Medical Center 2017-2018
Leadership Educational Activity:
VISN 18 and 19 Leadership Development Institute Graduate 2010
VISN 18/19 Yellowbelt- Lean training 2012- Yellowbelt project Dec 2012-2015 for improvement of clinic communication, flow and function in the vascular and general surgery clinics Meetings organized:
Wound Care in the 21rst Century, March 31 2007- 236 participants, 12 speakers and panelists
Wound Care in the 21rst Century: Prevention and Treatment of Wounds in the Diabetic and Obese Populations- May 17, 2008- 248 participants including 55 vendors and 8 speakers, including myself.
New initiatives:
Development of wound care team for LIJ campus of the North Shore – LIJ Health System- On going project when ended employment at LIJMC in 2008- started at North Shore Campus around August 2009
Development of Hyperbaric program for wound care center North Shore-LIJ Surgery Dept- on going project when ended employment at LIJMC in Dec 2008- project planning initiated in 2006 and opened around July 2009
Vascular Wellness program for the Veterans being developed with support of the Telehealth initiative at Phoenix VA and Northern Arizona VA Systems-initiated planning in Jan 2010 and is ongoing project currently due to staffing changes in Prescott system.
VA Vascular connection – initiated with Dr Pounds at San Antonio VA VA Vascular email grouper now with over 100 vascular surgeons around the country, Initiated Share drive within VA system for sharing ideas and information and processes. Starting email groups for vascular techs and midlevels this year. All this with the idea of sharing best practices
Implementation of vascular lab structured reporting system with integration with CPRS requiring interactions and planning with multiple service lines including both local and regional IT, biomedical service and Clinical informatics
Implementation of new heparin protocols to improve patient safety while on heparin drips
Ongoing Teleheath project for our Veterans in remote locations to improve access to care with interactions with multiple service lines across two VA campuses
Publications/Creative Activity
PUBLICATIONS:
1. Analysis of Elastin Crosslinks in the Insoluble Matrix of Aneurysmal Abdominal Aorta. Ghandi RH, Keller S,
Cantor JO, Irizarry E, Newman K, Nackman GB, Halpern VJ, Tilson MD: Abstract Forum, FASB, April 1992
2 Elastin Content and Crosslinking in the Insoluble Matrix of Aneurysmal Abdominal Aorta. Ghandi RH, Irizarry E, Newman K, Nackman GB, Halpern VJ, Tilson MD:
Resident Program The Society of University Surgeons, Feb. 1992
3 Analysis of Connective Tissue Matrix and the Proteolytic Activity of Various Vein. Ghandi RH, Irizarry E, Wishner S, Nackman GB, Halpern VJ, Newman K, Mulcare RJ,
Tilson MD: Abstract accepted for presentation at the American Venous Forum, Oct. 1992
4 Indication of Endogenous Proteinases and Alterations of Extracellular Matrix in a Rat Model of Aortic Aneurysm Formation. Nackman GB, Halpern VJ, Ghandi RH,
Irizarry E, Ramey W, Tilson MD: Forum Session of the Clinical Congress of the A.C.S., Oct. 1992
5 Elastin Crosslinks in the Insoluble Mastrix of Aneurysmal Abdominal Aorta. Ghandi RH, Keller S, Cantor C, Irizarry E, Newman K, Nackman GB, Halpern VJ, Tilson MD: The East Coast Connective Tissue Society, poster session, March 1992
6 Demonstration of Interstitial Collagenase in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Disease. Irizarry E, Newman K, Gandhi R,
Nackman GB, Halpern VJ, Wishner S, Scholes VJ, Tilson MD: J Surg Res; 1993, 54:571-574
7 Analysis of the Connective Tissue Matrix and Proteolytic Activity of Primary Varicose Veins. Gandhi R, Irizarry E, Nackman GB, Halpern VJ, Mulcare RJ, Tilson MD: J Vasc Surg; 1993, 18:814-820
8 Analysis of Elastin Crosslinking and the Connective Tissue Mastrix of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms. Gandhi R,
Irizarry E, Cantor JO, Keller S, Nackman GB, Halpern VJ, Newman K, Tilson MD: Surgery; 1994, 115:617-620
9 The Elastase Infusion Model of Experimental Aortic Aneurysms Synchrony of Induction of Endogenous
Proteinases with Matrix Destruction and Inflammatory Cell Response. Halpern VJ, Nackman GB, Ghandi RH, Irizarry E, Scholes JV, Ramey W, Tilson MD: Journal of Vascular Surgery, 1994, 20:51-60
10 Laparoscopic Assisted Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair. Chen MH, Murphy E, Halpern VJ, Faust GR, Cosgrove
JM, Cohen JR: Surgical Endoscopy 1995, 9:905-907
11 Elastin Degradation Products Induce Adventitial Angiogenesis in the Andijar/Dobrin Rat Model. Nackman GB, Karkowski FJ, Halpern VJ, Gaetz HP, Tilson MD: Ann NY Acad Sci, 1996, 800:260-262 and Surgery, 1997 122:39-44
12 Multiple Idiopathic Arterial Aneurysms in Children: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Halpern VJ,
O’Connor J, Murello M, Siegel D, Cohen JR: J Vasc Surg, 1997, 25:949-956 and Yearbook of Vascular Surgery, 1998, p. 175-178
13 Factors Affecting Survival of Patients with Ruptured Aortic Aneurysms. Halpern VJ, Kline RG, D’Angelo AJ, Cohen JR: J Vasc Surg, 1997, 26:939-994
14 Utility of Transesophageal Echocardiography and Pulmonary Artery Catheter During Laparoscopic Assisted Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair. D’Angelo AJ, Kline RG, Chen MH, Halpern VJ, Cohen JR: Presented at poster session of SAGES 1997 Meeting of the Americas in San Diego,
March 1997. Also published Surgical Endoscopy, Vol. 11: p. 1099-1101, 1997
15 Laparoscopic Assisted Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair: The First 20 Cases: Klein RG, D’Angelo AJ, Chen MH, Halpern VJ, Cohen JR: Presented at the 51st Joint Annual Meeting of the Society of Vascular Surgery and the North American Chapter of the International Society of
Cardiovascular Surgery, June 1997. Also published in JVS, 1998, Vol. 27: p. 81-88
16 Warfarin Anticoagulation in the Perioperative Period: Is It Safe?: Caliendo FJ, Halpern VJ, Marini CP, Nathan IM, Cohen JR: Presented at the 23rd Annual Spring Meeting of the Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society, June 1998. Published in Ann Vasc Surg, 1999, Vol. 13: p. 11-16 17 Relationship of Protamine Dosing with Postoperative Complications of Carotid Endarterectomy: Levison J, Faust GR, Halpern VJ, Theodoris A, Nathan IM, Kline RG,
Cohen JR: Presented at the 23rd Annual Spring Meeting of the Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society, June 1998. Published Ann Vasc Surg, 1999, Vol. 13: p. 67-72
18 Minimal Incision Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair. Cerveira J, Halpern VJ, Faust GR, Cohen JR: Presented at the 13th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Vascular Society and as a poster at the 53rd Joint Annual Meeting of the SVS/ISCVS, June 1999. Published JVS, 1999, Vol. 30: p. 977-984
19 Reduced protease inhibitory capacity in abdominal aortic aneurysm patients is reversed with surgical repair. Halpern VJ, Mathrumbutham M, LaGraize C,Rao SK,Faust GR, and Cohen JR: presented at the SVS and EVS, 2001. Published JVS, 2002, Vol 35: p. 792-797.
20 A Novel Human Neutrophil Elastase Inhibitor: Isolation and Characterization. LaGraize C, Halpern VJ, Wilson D, Balvinder S, Rao M, Visentine L, Go C, Rambarat K, Faust G, Rao SK: Presented at the 87th clinical congress for the American College of Surgeons, Oct. 2001 and published in the Surgical Forum.
21 Standardizing Vascular Surgery Residency: Merger of Two Programs to Create One Model. Friedman, Steven G. MD. Greben, Craig MD. Scher, Larry A. MD. Safa, Toufic MD. Faust, Glenn MD. Halpern, Vivienne MD. Simms, H. Hank MD. Vascular & Endovascular Surgery. 38(1):63-67,
January/February 2004.
22 Pro-inflammatory cytokines from Kupffer cells downregulate hepatocyte expression of adrenomedullin binding protein-1. Jacob A, Zhou M, Wu R, Halpern VJ, Ravikumar TS,
Wang P. Biochim Biophys Acta 1772(7):766-72. 2007
Jul;Epub 2007 Apr 6.
23 Regarding "Predicted shortage of vascular surgeons in the United States: Population and workload analysis". Reed, Amy B; Brown, Kellie; Bush, Ruth; Halpern, Vivienne; Kibbe, Melina; Killewich, Lois; Mureebe, Leila; Ozsvath, Kathleen; Rzucidlo, Eva; Starr, Jean. JVS 51(4):1076-1077, April 2010
24 Supplement: Vascular Disease in Women JVS Vol 57 No 4 April 2013 – Co-editor with Amy Reed and Jean Star. P1s- 54s
25 Abdominal aortic aneurysms in women Halpern Vivienne; Starr, Jean JVS Volume 57, Issue 4, Supplement, Pages 3S-10S, April 2013
26 What is an Advanced Alternative Payment Model? Halpern, Vivienne J; Shireman, Paula K; Woo, Karen; Rathbun, Jill; Johnson, Brad: JVS Volume 66, Issue 4. Page 1299, Oct 2017
27 Design of The PReferences for Open Versus Endovascular Repair of Abdominal
Aortic Aneurysm (PROVE-AAA) Trial . Jesse A. Columbo, MD, Ravinder Kang, MD, Emily L. Spangler, MD, MS, Karina Newhall, MD, MS, Benjamin S. Brooke, MD, PhD, Hasan Dosluoglu, MD, Eugene S. Lee, MD, Joseph D. Raffetto, MD, Peter K. Henke, MD, Gale S. Tang, MD, Leila Mureebe, MD, Panagoitis Kougias, MD, Jason Johanning, MD, Shipra Arya, MD,Salvatore T. Scali, MD, David H. Stone, MD, Bjoern D. Suckow, MD, MS, Kristine Orion, MD, Vivienne Halpern, MD, Jessica O’Connell, MD, Daniel Inhat, MD, Peter Nelson, MD, Edith Tzeng, MD, Wei Zhou, MD, Michael Barry, MD, MPH, Brenda Sirovich, MD, MS, Philip P. Goodney, MD, MS, The PROVE-AAA Study Team. Ann Vasc Surg in press accepted for publication in Feb 2019 and available online May 2019 28. Patient information sources when facing repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms
Peter B Anderson, Zachary J Wanken MD, Jesse A. Columbo, MD, Ravinder Kang, MD, Emily L. Spangler, MD, MS, Karina Newhall, MD, MS, Benjamin S. Brooke, MD, PhD, Hasan Dosluoglu, MD, Eugene S. Lee, MD, Joseph D. Raffetto, MD, Peter K. Henke, MD, Gale S. Tang, MD, Leila Mureebe, MD, Panagoitis Kougias, MD, Jason Johanning, MD, Shipra Arya, MD, Salvatore T. Scali, MD, David H. Stone, MD, Bjoern D. Suckow, MD, MS, Kristine Orion, MD, Vivienne Halpern, MD, Jessica O’Connell, MD, Daniel Inhat, MD, Peter
Nelson, MD, Edith Tzeng, MD, Wei Zhou, MD, Michael Barry, MD, MPH, Brenda Sirovich, MD, MS, Philip P. Goodney, MD, MS, The PROVE-AAA Study Team JVS IN PRESS accepted April 2019 and available online July 2019
BOOKS/CHAPTERS:
Halpern VJ: Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Emboli. Chapter 4, p. 19-30 in Vascular Surgery for the House Office, 3rd Edition: Faust GR and Cohen JR ed., Williams and Wilkins, 1998.
Halpern VJ: Other Arterial Aneurysms. Chapter 10, p. 67-75 in Vascular Surgery for the House Officer, 3rd Edition: Faust GR and Cohen JR ed., Williams and Wilkins, 1998.
Halpern JV: Mesenteric Vascular Disease. Chapter 15, p. 99- 107 in Vascular Surgery for the House Officer, 3rd Edition: Faust GR and Cohen JR ed., Williams and Wilkins, 1998.
Halpern VJ: Vasculitis and Vasospastic Disorders. Chapter 19, p. 131-139 in Vascular Surgery for the House Officer, 3rd Edition: Faust GR and Cohen JR ed., William and Wilkins, 1998.
Halpern VJ, Cohen JR: Management of the Carotid Artery In Paraganglioma Surgery, Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America, October 2001, p.983-991.
Halpern V and Smith F Bleeding and Clotting Disorders Chapter 5, p. 39-51 in Vascular Surgery, Davies AH and Brophy CM ed., Springer, 2006
Conferences/Scholarly Presentations
PRESENTATIONS:
1 Factors Affecting Survival of Patients with Ruptures Aortic Aneurysms. Halpern VJ, Kline RG, D’Angelo AJ, Cohen JR: Presented at the 11th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Vascular Society, May 1997 and as poster presentation at the Joint Annual Meeting of the Society of Vascular Surgery and the North American Chapter of the
International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery,
June 1997.
2 Perioperative Predictors of Colonic Ischemia Following Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms. Levison JA,
Halpern VJ, Kline RG, Faust GR, Cohen JR: Presented at the 52nd Joint Annual Meeting of the Society of Vascular Surgery and the International Society of Cardiovascular Surgery, June 1998.
3 Warfarin Anticoagulation in the Perioperative Period: Is It Safe? Caliendo FJJ, Halpern VJ, Marini CP, Nathan IM, Cohen JR: Presented at the 23rd Annual Spring Meeting of the Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society, June 1998. 7. Effect of Estrogens on Elastase Activity of Cultured Aortic Cells. Presented at the SVS/ISCVS, 54th annual meeting, scientific section; June 2000, Toronto, Ontario
8. Reduced Protease Inhibitory Capacity in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Patients is Reversed with Surgical Repair. Presented at the Eastern Vascular Society annual meeting- poster session; May 2001, Washington, D.C.- First place recipient of award funded by the William J. von Liebig Foundation. Also presented in the Lifeline Foundation Research Forum at the Society of Vascular Surgery, 55th annual meeting, Baltimore, June 2001
9. Effect of 17-beta- estradiol and ICI 182,780 on Elastase Release from U937 monocytes. Presented at the Eastern Vascular Society annual meeting-poster session: May 2001, Washington, D.C.
10. Estrogen inhibits elastase secretion from U937 cells via nitric oxide. Lifeline Research Forum at the American Association for Vascular Surgery/Society for Vascular Surgery Annul Meeting on June 8, 2003, Chicago, IL. 11. Estrogen Suppresses the Elastolytic Activity in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells (VSMC) and Co-culture of VSMC
and U937 Cells. International Society of Cadiovascular Surgery World Congress. March 21-25, 2004, Maui, HI. 12. Estrogen Decreases Elastolytic Activity in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells via ERK and P38 MAPK presented at the Surgical Forum of the 90th Annual Clincal Congress of the American College of Surgeons in October 2004, New
Orleans, Louisiana.
INVITED SPEAKER:
1. Laparoscopically - Assisted Aortic Aneurysm Repair: First 20 Cases: presented at Angio
Techniques - Alternatives and Techniques in Vascular Disease. Marseille, France, Jan. 29, 1999
2. Laparoscopically-Assisted Aortic Aneurysm Repair: Presented at Techniques and Strategies
Vascular Surgery. Paris, France, January 21-23, 1999 3. Revascularization in the Diabetic Patient: Presented at the New York State Podiatric Clinical
Conference, New York State Podiatric Medical Association Annual Meeting in New York City,
February 1999
4. Abdominal Aoritc Aneurysms- Current Concepts:
Presented at Grand Rounds
Morristown Memorial Hosptal, Morristown, N.J.
9/27/2000
5. The odd and the unusual. presented at Vascular Update- Putting it Together. Uniondale Marriot Hotel and
convention center, October 5, 2001
6. Lower Extremity Ulcers. Presented at Vascular Update- Putting it Together. Held at the Uniondale Marriott Hotel and convention center, October 5, 2001
7. Lower extremity Ulcers. Presented at The Vascular Symposium for Grant Medical Center in Columbus Ohio on May 18th 2007
8. Peripheral Arterial Disease Presented at Desert Foot conference November 2009
9. Venous and Lymphatic Disease Presented at Desert Foot Conference November 2009
Moderateror For session on Peripheral Vascular Disease at Desert Foot Conference November 2010
10. Update on Vascular Surgery Arizona Chapter of the American College of Surgeons annual meeting 2014
Awarded Grants and Contracts
LIJMC 1995-2008 AAA research locally funded
TREAD study – Celegene DFU study Phase II study – Co- Investigator 2015-2016
EUCLID, Multicentre Phase IIIB Study to Compare Ticagrelor with Clopidogrel Treatment on the Risk of Cardiovascular events – Co-investigator 2015- 2016
The PROVE-AAA Study- VA Cooperative trial 2015-present PI for Phoenix site
List of Collaborators and their Organizational Affiliations Robert Frykberg DPM retired
Charles Oh MD Phoenix VA Medical Center
VA Vascular Surgery group – VA vascular surgeons across the country
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